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  "company": "Academy Sports + Outdoors",
  "headline": "Sporting goods retailer launches owned retail media network to monetize shelf and customer data.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Retail media network launch · Academy Sports + Outdoors\n\nSporting goods retailer launches owned retail media network to monetize shelf and customer data.\n\nAcademy's move is textbook 'follow the big money.' They watched Albertsons, Walmart, and Target print dollars from retail media and said, 'We have the same inventory.' The play is solid but not new. What matters is that Academy has something the giants don't: a younger, higher-intent outdoor customer base. For brands in hunting, camping, fishing, outdoor apparel — Academy Retail Media is now worth testing before the big networks. You get the learnings with less media spend.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-03t12-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-03t12-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-03t12-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Retail media network launch · Academy Sports + Outdoors\n\nSporting goods retailer launches owned retail media network to monetize shelf and customer data.\n\nAcademy's move is textbook 'follow the big money.' They watched Albertsons, Walmart, and Target print dollars from retail media and said, 'We have the same inventory.' The play is solid but not new. What matters is that Academy has something the giants don't: a younger, higher-intent outdoor customer base. For brands in hunting, camping, fishing, outdoor apparel — Academy Retail Media is now worth testing before the big networks. You get the learnings with less media spend.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-03t12-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-03t12-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-03t12-2",
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      "title": "Sporting goods retailer launches owned retail media network to monetize shelf and customer data.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nAcademy Sports + Outdoors announced the launch of Academy Retail Media, advancing its omnichannel growth strategy by enabling brand partners to reach customers on-shelf and through owned channels, per brand release.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you are a CPG brand selling through Academy, you now have a direct line to buy in-store placement without a media buyer middleman. Request Academy Retail Media in your next trade negotiation. For brands testing retail media, Academy's network is fresher and smaller than Walmart or Target, which means lower CPMs and less competition for shelf attention. Test a small campaign on Academy before Walmart — faster feedback, tighter audience. For retailers still without a media network: the window to launch is closing. Brands expect it now.\nWhat that means for you: Academy's move is textbook 'follow the big money.' They watched Albertsons, Walmart, and Target print dollars from retail media and said, 'We have the same inventory.' The play is solid but not new. What matters is that Academy has something the giants don't: a younger, higher-intent outdoor customer base. For brands in hunting, camping, fishing, outdoor apparel — Academy Retail Media is now worth testing before the big networks. You get the learnings with less media spend.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Sahm: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxPelpmQVNlWG9BdmFtdnFWc05rTkphSUh3eWpPSGZ4UFU3U09oQWtzMjlibnMwVW5RQ1JqR05NUFRKNzJhcC1tME9TNkZ6T3lqX2.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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